Variation in arsenic accumulation - Hyperaccumulation in ferns and their allies

New Phytologist

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-31

  Meharg, Andrew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Ferns; Hyperaccumulation; Phylogenetic; Pteris

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ARSENIC; EVOLUTION; FERN; PHYLOGENETICS;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; EQUISETALES; EQUISETUM; FILICOPHYTA; PSILOTUM NUDUM; PTERIDIUM; PTERIDOPHYTA; PTERIS; PTERIS CRETICA; SELAGINELLA;

EID: 0037248820     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00541.x     Document Type: Article

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